LA Fraud Probe Focuses on 42 Hospice Centers in a 4-Block Area: Dr. Oz

The agency head revealed more details about multibillion-dollar California health fraud, which could dwarf the Minnesota fraud scandals that has stoked outrage.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during an interview with EpochTV’s ‘American Thought Leaders’ in Washington on Jan. 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The sheer number of hospice centers in a small area of Los Angeles raised suspicions of fraud, Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in a video posted to social media on Jan. 27.

In the video, Oz tours a four-block radius that encompasses 42 hospice centers, and states, “Either there are a lot of people dying here, or you’ve got a fraudulent activity that is so good that everyone wants to get in on it.”